Biggest Monthly Changes in Short Interest

Mid-October short interest numbers were recently released, so we now have a full picture of how much short interest was impacted by the SEC's financial "no short" rule that was in place from 9/19 to 10/8.  Overall, the average stock in the S&P 500 saw its short interest fall 16%.  The average S&P 500 financial stock saw short interest fall 24%. 

Below we highlight the stocks with the biggest one-month decreases and increases in short interest.  As shown, many financials saw short interest fall more than 50%.  Interestingly, MetLife (MET) saw its short interest fall 80% over the last month, while Aflac's (AFL) short interest increased 300%.

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Comments

[sr9web:]

Good article - thanks!

2008 Oct 29 08:55 PM